Reversible cuff.



E. B. BEAVER.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. 1917.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

EARLE B. BEAVER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

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Application filed April 9, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, EARLE B. BEAVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description there of, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cuffs, for shirts, shirtwaists and the like, and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The improved cufi' is one which folds upon itself, that is to say, of the kind commonly known as a French cuff, and is more especially designed for use with shirts of soft material such as silk, madras, soft linen and the like, and which are not usually intended to be starched, or at least to be slightly starched so that they may be folded without breaking or cracking along the line of fold.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved cufi of the kind described, which is reversible,-that isto say, a cuff permanently attached to the sleeve and in which the fold of the cuff may be turned either without the sleeve or within the sleeve, as desired.

The advantages of the invention result from its novel construction, by reason of which it has the same appearance whether it is folded normally or reversed; it is with out uncomfortable or unsightly bulk in either normal or reversed folding; and it may be manufactured at greatly reduced cost, as compared to reversible cufis ofthe kind heretofore produced.

The novelty and many advantages of the invention will appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view illustrating my improved, reversible cuff fixed to a shirt sleeve, as when normally folded, that is, folded outwardly upon itself.

Fig. 2 represents a similar view with the cuff reversed or folded inwardly.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, through the cuff and associated sleeve, with the cuff laid flat, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A110. 14, 1917.

Serial No. 160,741.

plane of the section being indicated by the ine 8-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 represents a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, through the cuff and associated sleeve, with the cuff folded nor mally in full lines, and reversed in dotted lines, the plane of the section being indicated by the line l-1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the cuff as it appears from the inside, when detached from the sleeve and laid flat, with parts broken away to illustrate the construc tion.

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings :6 indicates the improved cuff and 5, the sleeve of a shirt or the like, to which it is attached.

The cuff is made of two ply or thick nesses of the shirting material and includes an inter-lining or stiffening member between them. 7 indicates the ply which is faced out when the cuff,'attached to the sleeve, is laid flat, and 8 indicates the ply which is faced in. The ply 7 is somewhat deeper than the ply 8, having a part or flap 7 which extends above the top edge of the ply 8. (See Fig. 4 in which the inner ply. 8 is faced to the front).

10 indicates an interlining or stiffening member which is of the same size and pattern as the outer ply 7. The ply 7, the ply 8 and the interlining member 10 are stitched together in the usual way along the edge 9 and the end edges 9 of the cuff. The top edge of the ply 8 is attached by stitching 13 to the end of the shirt sleeve. The lining member which extends with the ply 7 above the end of the sleeve, is stitched to said ply along the top and end edges of the flap 7 "2 Said flap is thus free from the sleeve.

A narrow lining or facing strip 11, of the length of the cuff, is attached at its top edge by the stitching 13 to the end of the sleeve, and at its bottom edge is attached to the ply 8 by stitching 12. Its ends are stitched between the two ply 7 and 8.

Button holes 14, 14 are cut through the ply 8, the facing strip 11, the lining strip 10 and the ply 7, and the stitching that reinforces the button holes, attaches all of said parts together'just below the end of the sleeve. 14?, 14* indicate the other button holes in the cuff, placed in the usual way, and adapted to register with the first named button holes, when the cult is folded upon itself, either within the sleeve or without the sleeve, to bring the edge 9 opposite the top edge of the flap 7 The advantages of the novel cull will be apparent from the foregoing description. It will be noted from Figs. 1 and 2, that all of the advai'itages of a reversible cult are obtained in my improved construction, and it will be clear from the other views that the bulk and uncomfortable thickness heretofore appertaining to a cuil oi the kind are ontirely dispensed with. The flap 7 presents the same appearance when the out? is reversed as it it were made and constructed of the same parts as the main body 01' the cutl, and et it is reduced in thickness so as to diminish the bulk of the cuff when folded either within or without the sleeve.

I claim as my invention:

1. In UOIIllJlDEItlOIi with a sleeve of a shirt, a reversible cult of the kind described, comprising a ply stitched to the sleeve, a second ply of the same size and pattern as the first named ply, but deeper, so as to extend as a flap above the line where the first named ply is stitched to the sleeve, an interlining member of the same and pattern as the second named ply, said second ply being stitched along its entire marginal edge to the corresponding edge of said interlining member, the first named ply being stitched at its bottom and end edges to the like edges of said interlining member and second ply, and a facing member consisting ot a narrow strip of the length of said cutl' stitched at its top edge to said sleeve, at its ends between the two ply of said cuff, and at its bottom edge to said interlining member at a line. below said sleeve.

2. In combination with a sleeve of a. shirt, a reversible cuff of the kind described, com prising a ply stitched to the sleeve, a second ply of the same size and pattern as the first named ply, but deeper, so as to extend as a flap above the line where the first named ply is stitched to the sleeve, an inter-lining member of the same size and pattern as the secend named ply, said second ply being stitched along its entire marginal edge to the corresponding edge of said interlining member, the first named ply being stitched at its bottom and end edges to the like edges of said interlining member and second ply, and a facing member consisting of a narrow strip of the length of said cuff stitched at its top edge to said sleeve, at its ends between the two ply of said end, and at its bottom edge to said interlining member at a line below said sleeve, said cult being provided with button holes,a pair immediately below the sleeve and each opening through the two ply of the cuff, the facing strip, and the interlining member, and with associated button holes spaced below the first named holes and adapted to register with them when the cuff is folded either normally, or reversed.

in testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of March A. D. 1917.

EAR-LE B. BEAVER. vi itiiiesses Louis A. REINEMEYER, GnnTnUnn Monnison.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C." 

